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@houston13
I wholeheartedly agree with houston13. I had a 6.3 cm aorta aneurysm & had an EVAR within 2 weeks. That was back in July. Scared was an understatement! I was 70 years young & never was a patient in a hospital until this hit me. Please do not hesitate to delay any surgery.
An aneurysm does not show any signs before it burst.
Make the necessary phone calls as it takes a while to get the prep work done.
God Bless🙏
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@maverick1791 You are right …no signs before it dissects.
My husband had a >5.0 ascending thoracic and he was told to see a Cardiothoracic Surgeon. ( his father died 1965) and sister successful surgery 1993 )had aortic aneurysms.
He refused to continue getting CT ‘s and would not see surgeon.
His aorta dissected in 2007, he was alone at homehe grabbed phone as he fell down an called 911. Neighbor called me.. I met him at hospital… there was a cardiothoracic surgeon there.. They performed 10 hours of surgery….he survived, but he was out of it for several weeks. Had ICU psychosis and needed PT. for several more weeks as inpatient.
He came home and continued to improve….we had until this past January and then he collapsed and died peacefully from episode of V tach.
Don't ignore even if you are afraid… please
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@maverick1791 whats EVAR ,I am 58 years old ,but even my own doctor said it was small not to worry about it,but I will be asking again ,cardiologist said the thoracic is huge and my aneurysm is small ,I still don't know much about having this ,thanks for replying.